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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 25 February 2024

    Andrew Dean leading the fleet A drop in temperature, ice on the boat covers and a forecast of moderate Easterlies did not prevent a strong fleet of 13 boats from turning up to complete the February Series. Those with some experience at Injebreck knew that Carraghan and the other hills around the lake would split the wind, bounce it back where it came from and spin it in a continuing effort to prevent dinghies...
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  • IOM Copiers Easter Regatta - Saturday 30 March

    After the usual mix of weather over the winter on Injebreck it will be nice to return to the sea and the start of the MS&CC Summer sailing programme.  We hope to see as many competitors as possible in Ramsey Bay on Saturday 30 March to open our season with the IOM Copiers Easter Regatta. This is a One Day Event with three races to be held “back to back”, with racing starting at midday and expected to...
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  • Watling Streetworks Winter Series - 24 March 2024

    Andrew Dean leading the fleet The final racing of the Watling Streetworks Winter Series took place at West Baldwin Reservoir on Sunday morning.  The conditions, mostly sunny and with a, not so common, northerly breeze blowing down the valley, perhaps spring has finally sprung! Although the breeze may not have been as steady as it would usually be from the north it was good enough to bring a fleet of...
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  • IOM Copiers Easter Regatta 2024

    Start line with Peter Cope in the Waspz next to eventual winner Simon Pressly IOM Copiers Easter Regatta took place in Ramsey Bay hosted by Manx Sailing & Cruising Club.  As usual, the sun was shining with a brisk southerly breeze which may have been a little too much for some, but no worries for those who kept up the practice at West Baldwin during the winter. The fleet was mixed with the extremes...
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RTI Race Report 2012

Write-up courtesy of Dave Kneale.

Douglas Bay Yacht Club’s Polished Manx, skippered by Kuba Szymanski, endured a slow circumnavigation of the Isle of Man to win the 2012 IOMA Fund and Investment Management Round the Island Race.  The event attracted 17 entries from around the Irish Sea but only four boats would finish this year’s race, hosted by the Manx Sailing and Cruising Club.
With virtually no wind in Ramsey on Sunday morning, a rain shower brought a gentle southeasterly breeze into the bay as the 10.30am start approached, allowing the race to commence and giving the fleet enough power to pass the Point of Ayre.
But the sailing would quickly become drifting as the boats found themselves in glassy conditions along the west coast.
Clyde Cruising Club’s Xanadu and Douglas Bay Yacht Club’s Polished Manx and Eauvation were able to gain a small lead, which paid dividends as they reached Peel at around 3pm. The three leaders were picked up by an eight-knot breeze which carried them down the coast, leaving the rest of the fleet at a virtual standstill.
Their advantage was short-lived as they succumbed to another windless patch around the Calf, only making progress by being carried around the course by the tide.  With the wind not forecast to build until late on Sunday evening and the tides likely to turn against the rest of the fleet before they could round the Calf, the trickle of retirements became a flood by early evening until only four boats remained.
First to finish was Xanadu, skippered by Andy Knowles, completing the race at 2.13am on Monday for an elapsed time of 15 hours 13 minutes, winning the Coronation Cup as the only finisher in their class.  They were followed by Szymanski’s crew aboard Polished Manx who crossed the line at 3.51am, beating Xanadu on corrected time to take the overall win and secure the Ramsey Town trophy.
The other two finishers came from the smaller boats in Division Two. Eliza Bee, skippered by Ralph Kee, finished at 7.32am, while the crew of David Grieves’ Get Kraken crossed the line in Ramsey Bay at 8.55am. With an elapsed time of 22 hours 25 minutes, Get Kraken’s crew were awarded the Copland trophy for endeavour.

 

2012 IOMA Fund and Investment Management Round the Island Race finishers:

Xanadu, finished 0213, elapsed time 15h 13m -won Coronation Cup, Division 2 Overall winner

Polished Manx, finished 0351, ET 17h 6m -won Ramsey Town Cup, Div 1 Overall winner

Eliza Bee, finished 0732, ET 21h 2m, won Shelagh Williams Trophy, Div 2 Class B Winner

Get Kraken, finished 0855, ET 22h 25m, won Copland Trophy for Endeavour